A bastardized version of Spaghetti Carbonara. It is traditionally made with Pancetta, eggs and parmesan cheese. I decided on the spur of the moment to make  Spaghetti Carbonara for breakfast.  I used what I had on hand.  I fried thick cut bacon and set it aside. Broke it into small pieces. While the pasta was…

Bought a pie plate/server from someone who advertised it on  a local “New/Used repurposed furniture and household items Facebook page”  for the big sum of $5.00. Couldn’t resist it. So of course I had to bake a pie. Ready for the oven. Just out of the oven.

This dough was made specifically for pizza, but works beautifully for focaccia as well. Dough was made on a Monday and left in the fridge until Thursday. It was a 750g flour batch at 80% hydration(600g water) 6g of yeast, 22g of salt and a glug of olive oil.  (I never measure the oil but…

Firecracker Prawns Adapted from Week of Menus Blog  1 to 2 lbs spot prawns 1/4 cup of very soft butter 1/4 cup olive oil 1/4 cup chopped cilantro 1/4 cup chopped red pepper or  Bird’s eye chili peppers (Thai chili peppers) (I use a combination of both)  3 tablespoons of finely chopped garlic Juice of one…

Made Moe a hamburger for breakfast yesterday on a sourdough caramelized onion poppy seed bun. Served with homemade potato chips.

Sourdough version  1000g batch at 70% hydration Ingredients 2 tablespoons butter 1-tablespoon olive oil 1 large white onion 780 grams bread flour 2 to 3 tablespoons poppy seeds 330 grams water 150 grams milk 27 grams salt Biga Biga Biga made with 220g of flour 220g of water 60 to 80g sourdough starter discard Stir…

I fed my starter on Tuesday,  but didn’t want to take the time to make a biga (preferment)  so I just tossed some of the discard into   1000g of flour along with 3g of yeast and 700g of water and 27g of salt. Did the usual autolyze, stretch and fold mix method  over a three…

We had our Thanksgiving with our friends  as well as neighbours, Barb and Clif. Clif cooked dinner all I had to make was dessert. Decided to make something that I hadn’t baked in a while and a dessert that I had never made for them. Boston Cream Pie I always forget how good this is….

I first had Japchae at a local Japanese Korean restaurant. The yam noodles were one of the choices for creating your own Bento box. I order them every time we eat at this restaurant. I finally found a store in Victoria that carries a wide variety of Korean products including Yam noodles.  This is a…

“Pizza in Baking Tin”“Roman Pizza in Teglia or Roman Pan Pizza is a roman cuisine gastronomic product. Once being cooked in the classic baking tray, the product is laid on the pizza by the slice counters or street food counters in order to sell slices of pizza.”…Roman Pan Pizza HistoryPizza in Teglia was not a…